The discovery of new Chilean taxa revolutionizes the systematics of Geoplaninae Neotropical land planarians (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida)
Author
Almeida, Ana Laura
Author
Álvarez-Presas, Marta
Author
Carbayo, Fernando
text
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2023
2022-11-07
197
4
837
898
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac072
journal article
10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac072
0024-4082
010109AB-79F5-4E6D-909B-08BB1803E589
HARANA
ALMEIDA & CARBAYO
GEN. NOV.
Zoobank registration:
urn: lsid: zoobank. org:act:
210B29EE-FC98-40C1-9EF0-FD6AC66E3B11
Type
species:
Harana harai
Almeida & Carbayo
sp. nov.
Diagnosis:
Haranini
with a subcylindrical, small-sized body, approximately
8 mm
long. Creeping sole wide. Eyes and sensory pits surround the cephalic region. Eyes marginal. Thickness of cutaneous muscle relative to the body height, 2.3%. Prostatic vesicle extrabulbar. Penis papilla cylindrical. Common ovovitelline duct located ventroposteriorly to female atrium. Female genital canal projects posteriorly from the dorsal region of the female atrium.
Figure 17.
Harana harai
sp. nov.
A, dorsal view of the living holotype. Scale not available. The specimen is approximately 8 mm long. B, preserved specimen on graph paper.
Figure 18.
Harana harai
sp. nov.
Photomicrographs. A, B, transverse-horizontal sections of the anterior portion of the body, showing the longitudinal tube (arrowhead); anterior region of the body is to the upper side in (B). C, sagittal section through the pharynx and copulatory apparatus.
Figure 19.
Harana harai
sp. nov.
A, photomicrograph of a sagittal section through the pharynx, showing subepithelial muscles. B, diagrammatic reconstruction of the copulatory apparatus. C, photomicrograph of a sagittal section through the copulatory apparatus and pharyngeal pouch extending behind it. D, E, photomicrographs of sagittal sections through the copulatory apparatus.
Etymology:
Harana
is derived from, and an homage to, Prof. Dr Marcos Ryotaro Hara (University of
São Paulo
) for his contributions to the scientific education of undergraduate and graduate students. The gender is feminine.
Distribution:
As for that of the tribe.